Wednesday Afternoon Discussion

From Chief Meteorologist Craig Carnesi...

The clouds really hung tough across the Big Country today and that kept our afternoon highs from reaching forecasted numbers. All in all though still a very pleasant day across the area.

It looks like some big changes are on the way, we're talking a week from Saturday though. Between now and then we will see a couple more fire weather days. By Friday a decent shot of cool air will filter into the area behind a cold front that will keep winds sustained around 10 to 20 miles per hour. Right now the National Weather Service is not anticipating issued an advisory, but if the forecast changes between now and then that could change.

Saturday looks to be a cool day with highs struggling to reach 60 across the area. Then quickly Sunday winds will return to the South-Southwest in response to an upper level system forming in the Central Plains.

Early Monday morning another decent shot of cool air arrives, but again, no rain chances.

The big changes I mentioned above looks to be a fairly decent pattern change across the entire United States. Arctic air looks to invade the Eastern third of the country beginning February 10th into the 11th. This would put us on the edge of the Arctic air mass, which should cool our temperatures down to at least a bit below normal.

As we usually say, stay tuned. A lot can change in the next 10 days!